Tag: life lessons

As a general rule, anytime I have the opportunity to either make my kids feel ashamed and embarrassed or confident and secure, I will...

The other day I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a quote. I read it but didn’t think much about it at the time....

  Every summer, my family takes a trip up to Peaks Island, just off the coast of Portland, Maine. We took a year off when...

When I was a little girl, I used to play two types of pretend games. The first one was when I pretended to be...

To cope during the COVID-19 pandemic, I have developed habits and rituals that bring me comfort, joy, and stability. Similarly, I’ve seen friends and...

I use the word “no” a lot with my almost eight-year-old daughter -- to most requests for junk food, to staying up “just a...

It was another age, and a different terror - September 11, 2001.  We were celebrating “Do the Right Thing Day,” launching our new character education...

I’m not originally from New York. I moved to NYC along with my fiancé (now husband) in what was supposed to be a two-year...

With gratitude, we say thank you to the doctors and nurses for saving lives, offering words of encouragement, easing fears, being patient while sleep...

You can look at someone’s face and understand what they’ve been through. You can look into their eyes and know how they’re feeling. Hands...